EarthDesk replaces your Windows wallpaper with a stunning dynamic image of our planet continuously updating in the background while you work.

* Real-time clouds (updated at 3-hour intervals) with transparency and moonlight reflection.
* Accurate sun, moon and city lighting.
* High quality twilight shading.
* Automatically updates when waking from sleep.
* Moonlight shading can be turned on or off.
* Complete multi-display support.
* Eleven different map projections.
* Enhanced satellite, political and natural maps.

With an internet connection, EarthDesk displays real-time global cloud cover, allowing users to track hurricanes and typhoons, or simply admire our beautiful planet. User options allow you to adjust the overall transparency of the cloud layer.

Unique to EarthDesk is accurate rendering of moonlight on the Living Earth satellite map. To create this stunning effect, the phase of the moon and reflectiveness of the Earth’s surface are used to determine correct coloring of the image, ensuring a realistic view of the Earth from space.

EarthDesk uses the same Atlas database technology as Time Palette, providing the application with detailed geographical and time zone information for 10,000 cities throughout the world.

The Atlas maintains comprehensive rules for Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time), giving EarthDesk a level of accuracy unmatched by other applications.

Developer: Xeric Design
License: Shareware
OS: Windows All
Size: 16.4 MB
Download EarthDesk 4.5.2 link

DivX for Windows gives you everything you need to create and play high-quality DivX videos on your PC and beyond.

The free DivX for Windows download includes:

* DivX Codec 6.8 (with 15-day trial of DivX Pro Codec) - High quality, great compression
** Up to 50% faster decoding on multi-core computers for better HD playback
** New custom matrices that allow better fine tuning of the encoder for specific content types
** Compress digital video 5 to 10 times more than MPEG-2/DVD format and hundreds of times over raw digital video
** Encode high-definition (HD) video at resolutions up to 1080p
** Play DivX videos on almost any 3rd party software media player
** Achieve the perfect balance between visual quality and performance with six carefully optimized encoding modes
** Enjoy maximized performance for all multithreaded processors (Intel Core Duo and Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 X2 and Athlon 64 FX)
** Reduce grain and low-light noise (common with DV cameras) without significantly degrading the video with the automated noise reduction feature

* DivX Web Player 1.4 - Play DivX videos in your browser
** Cross-platform support - Compatible with nearly every popular web browser
** Superior compression - Enables higher quality video at smaller file sizes
** Full-screen mode - Double-clicking on the screen switches playback to full-screen mode for a more cinematic experience
** Full-screen navigation controls - Left clicking in full-screen mode accesses convenient video navigation controls
** Windowed mode - Allows users to watch videos in a separate window while continuing to surf (right click on the player to access it)
** HD Playback - Supports DivX high definition (HD) video
** Skinnable - Allows webmasters to personalize the player to match their web pages
** Multiple audio tracks - Supports multiple available audio tracks
** Subtitles - Allows subtitles for multiple languages
** Desktop dimmer – Automatically dims the desktop screen around the web player while videos are playing for a better viewing experience

* DivX Player 6.7 - Play any DivX file
** Enjoy 5.1 channel, room-rattling MP3 surround sound and manipulate and improve the quality of the audio in your videos with DFX Audio Enhancer®
** Watch DivX videos with .srt subtitles
** Create video playlists
** Pause and progressively play video downloads
** Add URLs and queue online DivX videos for automatic downloading
** Burn videos to disc from within DivX Player for playback on millions of DivX Certified devices
** Activate and manage DivX Certified devices from within the DivX Player

* DivX Converter 6.6 (15-day trial) - Convert to high-quality DivX video in one step
** Convert nearly any popular video format to a DivX file
** Convert digital video camera footage into DivX video with up to 25:1 savings to easily store and share home movies
** Merge several videos into a single DivX video with an auto-generated menu
** Maintain quality while decreasing the file size of HD videos (up to HD 1080p)
** Keep original subtitles thanks to external subtitle muxing support
** Back up your home-made DVDs and fit a whole movie onto one CD using the optional MPEG-2/DVD Plug-in

Developer: DivX, Inc.
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 15.7 MB
Download DivX for Windows 6.8.3.18 link

XdN Tweaker is a free tweaking program for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Vista.

Features:
* Changes the number of Folder views Windows saves.
* Resets the folder views Windows has saved.
* Add/Remove classic Windows 2000 user control panel icon.
* Disable/Enable ATI Catalyst Control Center right click on Desktop
(only for use if you have an ATI video card and have the Catalyst Control Center installed).
* Disable/Enable ‘SendTo’ right-click menu.
* Allows you to adjust and tweak TCP/IP settings.
* Disable/Enable ZipFolders.
* Disable/Enable the Outlook Express/Windows Mail splash screen.
* Put the File menu above the Back/Forward buttons in IE7.
* Remove or Replace the Search box in IE7.
* Disable/Enable User Account Control prompts under Vista.
* Disable/Enable the “- Shortcut” text under Vista.
* Attempt to force Vista to better save folder views.
* Disable/Enable Windows Media Player Explorer context menus.
* Add/Remove “Take Ownership” to right-click menus under Vista.
* Disable/Enable the Documents item on the Classic Start Menu.
* Changes “Delete” to “Search…” on Recycle Bin.
* Turn off the annoying full screen “black” UAC prompt.
* Add/Remove the Network Connections icon to Control Panel

(XP/2k3:)
* Enable Classic Search in Explorer and Internet Explorer.
* Disable/Enable Shutdown Reason dialog under Server 2003.
* Disable/Enable Windows scanning AVI files for thumbnails.
* Remove/Restore hidden ASPNET user that prevents auto login.
* Add “Tweak UI” icon to Control Panel (if installed).

Developer: Xenomorph
License: Freeware
OS: Windows All
Size: 0.3 MB
Download XdN Tweaker 0.9.0.7 link

XP Tools is a totally integrated suite of powerful PC Utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your computer. With only a few minutes of tweaking, XP Tools will optimize the performance of your computer, corrects problems and helps you to customize your system to suit your needs.

Why XP Tools?
When you run XP Tools, your Windows system will run faster, will crash less often, and will be more private and secure.

This suite of 20 utilities will bring you peace of mind as you lock out the people in your home or office who want to

* snoop into your private files
* install software that you don’t want or need
* just tinker with your computer

XP Tools will erase your Internet tracks, hide your sensitive files and folders, lock your important applications, and give you the tools that you need to fine-tune your computer to your personal needs.

Developer: XPTools Team
License: Shareware
OS: Windows All
Size: 4.0 MB
Download XP Tools Pro 8.8 link